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This Corner of Empathy

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Here we go. I can get through this. I know they want me to try. I don’t feel like trying. This is too hard. Please make the hurting stop. I don’t have it in me. It shouldn’t be this way. But it is. So I’ll be brave. It’ll get better. I just have to keep […]

Merry & Bright is Allowed to Come in Waves

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With so many people in this world, you’d think that making meaningful connections with others would be easier than it is.  Sure physically it happens frequently. Like, on the daily. We’re all running around this same maze of life, like little pinballs, colliding at certain moments and then quickly departing. You bump into someone at […]

The Art of Making Meaningful Connections

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I think there are more defined ways to say this, but for now, I’m just going to confess that I’m an introverted extrovert.  My idea of a good time is to sit quietly in the corner of my home office, with an oversized blanket and a laptop, soaking up coffee and the song of tapping […]

Tiny Toed Team Building

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sore feet on work trip in the city

It’s okay to have a bad day because someone you love died. I had a bit of an intervention with my husband last night.  He hasn’t been himself. He seems sad. A (lot) bit detached. With the day-to-day craziness of schedules, I’d usually say we’re two ships passing but it’s more like we’re on different […]

Bad Day in Grief, Husband Grieves loss of mom

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In my first book I share about the loss of my first son and how I was able to find empathy, humor and a new found appreciation for the tears. 

My honest view of life with grief and parenting after loss.

My First Memoir